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Lake Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 47.87551, -121.01292
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Lake Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,263 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lake CreekNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Lake Creek · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- OOutfitter7 mi
- WWater9 mi
- DDump13 mi
- ShShower14 mi
- FFuel15 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- EVEV fast charger15 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- LLaundry18 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- @Mail20 mi
- RxPharmacy26 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- AAir-up42 mi
- PPropane44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 15 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Lake Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,263 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
47.87551, -121.01292
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Lake Creek · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureElevenmile Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townBerne · ~7.5 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.8 mi
- FuelFuel · ~14.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~12.6 mi
- GroceriesMidway Grocery · ~14.6 mi
- PharmacySafeway · ~25.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicCascade Medical Center · ~25.4 mi
- HardwareGraceland Portable Buildings · ~18.7 mi
EV charging — from Lake Creek · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger15.1 mi straight-line SE — Leavenworth, WA - US-2 - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 30 within 50 · 345 within 100 · 433 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS19.7 mi — Skykomish City Hall, Skykomish
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO19.7 mi — WCEH Skykomish, Skykomish
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.9 mi — 59er Diner, Leavenworth, WA (at a restaurant) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-01-09 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 316903 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lake Creek · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLake Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHeather Lake · ~2.7 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRainy Creek · ~2.8 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLittle Wenatchee Ford · ~4.5 mi NW · USFS
Open Lake Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Lake Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Theseus Creek~0.3 mi
- Soda Springs Campground~2.4 mi
- Rainy Creek~2.8 mi
- Grasshopper Meadows Campground~6.1 mi
The unit that manages Lake Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lake Creek are set by Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Lake Creek
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Lake Creek
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Lake Creek
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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